Back in 2012, the ACLU of Massachusetts published a report called ‚Policing Dissent‘, exposing the Boston Police Department‘s ‚red squad‘ surveillance operations, directed at antiwar and economic justice organizers. Among thedocuments we obtained through a public records lawsuit were so-called ‚intelligence reports‘ from the Boston police fusion center, the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC). These documents shocked the public. In files labeled „HOMESEC-DOMESTIC“, „GROUPS-CIVIL DISTURBANCE“, and „GROUPS-EXTREMISTS“, detectives described the entirely peaceful activities of groups and individuals ranging from Veterans for Peace and CodePink to Howard Zinn and a former city council member.